News

• 2 September 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church establishes a fund-deposit destined to Catholic families to encourage births Thiruvananthapuram (Agenzia Fides) - The Kerala Catholic parishes have organized themselves to provide incentives for families who commit themselves to having more children. What is feared is that the Catholic population ...
• 2 September 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Year of the Laity has been extended: commitment of the lay within the basic ecclesial communities Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - After a year of positive experience, His Exc. Mgr, John Tong, Bishop of Hong Kong, has extended the celebration of the Year of the Laity until December 31, 2012, "because with the guidance of ...
• 2 September 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI-There is lack of information and protection to ensure proper health care to women Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - After one and a half years since the terrible earthquake that devastated Haiti, women and girls of the island are still heavily exposed to maternal and child deaths due to lack of access ...
• 2 September 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A Bishop on a mission to North Korea: "We want to reopen the door to dialogue and peace" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Iginus Kim Hee-jong, Archbishop of Kwanju, is visiting North Korea next September 21, and will be the head of a delegation of seven religious leaders, members of the "Korean Confer ...
• 2 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious minorities "ready to take to the streets for the Muslim Shahbaz Taseer" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The religious minorities of Pakistan are "ready to take to the streets for the salvation of the Muslim Shahbaz Tasser", kidnapped a week ago. This is what is reported to Fides by Paul Bhatti, ...
• 2 September 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - The pilgrimage of the relics of St. Therese of Lisieux in Peru have started Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the celebrations for the centenary of the presence of the Discalced Carmelites in Peru (1911-2011), the relics of St. Therese of Lisieux arrived in Peru. According to the program pre ...
• 2 September 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - First national meeting of "Juntos por Mexico": 8 million Mexicans demonstrate in favor of the family Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - More than eight million between adults and young people who are part of the lay movements and organizations grouped in the Association for Episcopal Laity (DELAI), celebrated their first nat ...
• 2 September 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - The Peruvian Bishops express support for the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Maldonado Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops present at the Special Meeting of 98th Peruvian Episcopal Conference, taking place in these days, have decided to publicly support His Exc. Mgr. Francisco González Hernánd ...
• 1 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Firm commitment on behalf of the Diocese of Yan An to promote priests’ vocational and spiritual formation Yan An (Agenzia Fides) - The ordination of three new deacons, celebrated on August 30, concluded the annual retreat of the clergy of the diocese of Yan An (Yulin), in the Shaan Xi Province. According to information gathe ...
• 1 September 2011
  "So that the Christian communities scattered in Asia fervently proclaim the Gospel, witnessing the beauty with the joy of faith" - Comment on the Missionary Intention for September 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Asian people are by nature religious. They have taken root on the continent since ancient times, ancient traditions that collect aspects of religious wisdom of all time. Paradoxically, ...
• 1 September 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - Meeting of the Bolivarian countries PMS: new media in the service of mission Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivarian region countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela) are living a special moment of missionary work: from Monday 29, August until Friday, September 2, the National Direc ...
• 1 September 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Cardinal Jesús López Rodríguez to the media: "Criminal violence provoked by drug dealers needs to be stopped" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "What is happening in Santiago de los Caballeros is a scandal, we must stop the criminal violence provoked by drug dealers": with these words Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, ...
• 1 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Order for the arrest of Shahbaz Bhatti’s killers, but the country is struggling to combat terrorism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has issued an arrest warrant against two men suspected of being the Christian Shahbaz Bhatti’s perpetrators. Bhatti was the minister of reli ...
• 1 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Celebration at the end of Ramadan, lived in peace and in interreligious respect Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Eid-al-Fitr, the feast that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan (the Islamic month of fasting), was celebrated in Indonesia "in a peaceful manner, in respect of differences and inter-reli ...
• 1 September 2011
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The serious economic situation puts at risk the closure of seminaries Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The rampant inflation and other economic problems which are seriously affecting Uganda, threaten the closure of seminaries despite the increasing number of priestly vocations in the country. Mgr ...